England won the WorldCup!

England won the match by 5 wickets to win the title for the second time. Having also won the 2019 Cricket World Cup Final, England became the first men's team to hold the ODI World Cup and T20 World Cup titles at the same time. Pakistan were asked to bat first and scored a total of 137 runs for the fall of 8 wickets. Shan Masood was Pakistan's top scorer with 38 runs. England's Sam Curran took 3 wickets for 12 runs, eventually earning both Man of the Match and Player of the Tournament honors.

New Zeland out of final race

New Zealand, the team of the first fortnight of the tournament, are heading home. When Pakistan’s openers found their form, the Kiwis had no plan B. Trent Boult was good, taking 2-33, but the other four bowlers managed only 1-113. The fielding was faulty for once and the captain, Kane Williamson, was too set in his ways, risking neither a sixth bowler nor a Test-match field. It’s especially cruel for Daryl Mitchell, whose record in T20 World Cup semi-finals is unbelievable: 72 not out against England last year, 53 not out today. And that sixth bowler might well have been him.

Pakistan bounce back!

Pakistan's campaign at the T20 World Cup saw a dramatic turnaround as Babar Azam and Co. now stand just one win away from lifting the silverware. Pakistan edged New Zealand by seven wickets in the first semifinal in Sydney on Wednesday. Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan, who were yet to fire big in the tournament, slammed half-centuries each as Pakistan chased down the 153-run target with five balls to spare.